"Ways to avoid using “very”"
Avoid using the word “very” because it’s lazy!
Here’s a list of better vocabulary words:
- Very afraid – terrified, frightened
- Very angry – furious, seething
- Very bad – atrocious, brutal
- Very beautiful – exquisite, gorgeous
- Very big – immense, gigantic
- Very bright – dazzling
- Very capable – accomplished
- Very clean – spotless
- Very clever – brilliant, skillful, dexterous, ingenious
- Very cold – freezing, icy
- Very conventional – conservative
- Very dirty – squalid
- Very dry – parched
- Very eager – keen
- Very fast – quick, swift, agile
- Very fierce – ferocious
- Very good – superb
- Very happy – jubilant, ecstatic, euphoric, blissful
- Very hot – scalding, scorching
- Very hungry – ravenous
- Very large – colossal
- Very lively – vivacious
- Very loved – adored
- Very neat – immaculate
- Very old – ancient, vintage, antique
- Very poor – destitute, impoverished
- Very pretty – attractive
- Very quiet – silent
- Very risky – perilous
- Very roomy – spacious
- Very rude – vulgar, offensive, impolite
- Very serious – solemn
- Very small – tiny, puny, petite, miniscule
- Very tasty – delicious
- Very thin – gaunt, bony
- Very tired – exhausted, fatigued
- Very ugly – hideous
- Very valuable – precious, priceless
- Very weak – feeble, frail
- Very wet – soaked, drenched
- Very wicked – villainous, vicious
- Very wise – sagacious
- Very worried – anxious
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